September 7, 1993
Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. will recommend to the Regents at their September meeting that Susan S. Lipschutz be named associate provost. If approved, Lipschutz will assume her new position Nov. 1. She now is assistant vice provost for academic affairs and senior associate dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies. She…
September 7, 1993
The University Record begins its 1993–94 publication schedule today (Sept. 7). Published by the Office of News and Information Services, the Record is distributed each Monday September–May, except during holiday periods, and biweekly June–August. As the University’s official publication, the Record carries articles of interest to faculty, staff and retirees, and letters to the editor…
September 7, 1993
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services The nation’s population has become more geographically polarized along racial and socioeconomic lines during the past decade, according to a U-M study. It also identifies the pathways of modern migrants—players in a contemporary version of The Grapes of Wrath. The study, presented Aug. 10 at the Joint Statistical…
September 7, 1993
Editor’s Note: The following books have been published by the U-M-Press. Palimpsest: Editorial Theory in the Humanities edited by English Profs. George Bornstein and Ralph G. Williams. This is the latest volume in our Editorial Theory and Literary Criticism series. Palimpsest assembles an extraordinarily distinguished group of leading practitioners and theorists, who examine editing in…
September 7, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Newlyweds who tell the story of their romance as a duet, giving each other equal time to perform variations on themes, are still likely to be much in love three years later. These shared marriage narratives are at the “heart of marriage building,” explain U-M research psychologists, “because…
September 7, 1993
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Scientists at the Biological Station report that rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) produce fundamental changes not only in plant growth rates, but also in microorganisms living in the soil and in the levels of carbon and nitrogen deposited in the soil. Results of their experiment were…
September 7, 1993
By Deborah Gilbert News and Information Services Tired of feeling gloomy or grim? You have company. On average, most of us spend about three days out of every 10 trying to shake off a bad mood, according to a U-M study. But how we attempt to raise our spirits varies dramatically. “There are about 14…
September 7, 1993
At a mid-afternoon press conference last Friday, President James J. Duderstadt announced he will recommend to the Board of Regents at its Sept. 24 meeting that M. Joseph Roberson be appointed as director of athletics. If approved, his new appointment will be effective July 1, 1994, for a three-year term, succeeding Jack Weidenbach, the current…
September 7, 1993
By Rebecca A. Doyle University education, research and administrative activities reported over the summer stretched from outer space to office space, from South Africa to Maryland, and back home to Ann Arbor. For those faculty and staff who were away for the summer months, the Record offers its annual summer news roundup. General Fund budget…
September 7, 1993
By Mary Jo Frank The Pilot Program sometimes tips the scale in favor of Michigan when prospective students are deciding between a small liberal arts college and the U-M, observes Pilot Director Margaret A. Talburtt. Since its creation in 1962, the Pilot Program has combined the personal and academic advantages of a small liberal arts…
